This past Friday my son and I went Duck hunting in the morning and deer hunting that afternoon. We shot 8 ducks, a mix of Woodies, Mallards and Teal. That afternoon we went deer hunting. We got into an elevated box blind around 1:30. There is a deer feeder about 80 yards away down an old overgrown logging trail. 30-45 minutes after getting into the blind a small fawn comes out of the woods froim our left and goes towards the feeder. It walks past the feeder and heads off away from us into the woods on the other side of the feeder. About 30 seconds later the fawn comes back out of hte woods. She is coming from the right side of the road and is about 100 yards away. Right behind her are 2 large doe, 2 yearling doe and another large doe. 6 deer total. I told my son he could take a large doe if he wanted. Of course he did. Unfortunately none of them gave us a good broadside shot and they finally ambled off after about 10 minutes. My son was kind of bummed but also excited about seeing so many deer so quickly. 30 minutes later another deer comes out of the wood directly behind the feeder. It is about 100 yards out and is walking towards the feeder. I tell my son that this DOE is a bit small and we should let it walk. It ambles about for 10 minutes or so and my Son says he really wants to shoot this deer before it leaves. I ask him if he is really positive he wants to shoot it. He says yes so I tell him to wait until he gets the next good broadside shot. After about 5 minutes the deer turns broadside facing to the left. I ask Zach if he is line up right behind the shoulder and he says yes. I tell him to slowly squeeze the trigger just like we have practiced and take his shot. POW and the deer kicks up his hind legs and take off running away from us. After about 20 yards it stops, teeters and falls over dead. We high five in the stand and prepare to get out. He unloads his rifle and I climb down. He hands me his rifle and gets down. I give it baqck and tell him to load a round just in case it isn't dead. As he does he says "Dad my whole body is shaking"! We walk to the deer and I look for the entry wound and find it right behind the shoulder. Perfect shot! I turn it over and see the deers junk! We've shot a button buck. Not what we wanted but for my Son's first deer he's as happy as can be.
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Originally Posted by Watrdawg
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